despicable
英[dɪ'spɪkəb(ə)l;'despɪk-]
美[dɪ'spɪkəbl]
- adj. 卑劣的；可鄙的
英英释意
- 1. worthy only of being despised and rejected;
- "a contemptible lack of courage"
- "A little, wretched, despicable creature, a worm, a mere nothing...that has risen up in contempt against the majesty of Heaven and earth"- Jonathan Edwards
- 2. morally reprehensible;
- "would do something as despicable as murder"
- "ugly crimes"
- "the vile development of slavery appalled them"